Real estate agent fighting for life after botched nose job in Mexico

By Amy Lyall| 1 month ago

A real estate agent from Dallas, Texas is fighting for her life after suffering severe complications from a nose job in Mexico.

Laura Avila, 36, travelled to a clinic in Juarez for the rhinoplasty procedure, which has been estimated to be less than a third of the average cost in the US, with her fiancé Enrique Cruz by her side.

The pair arrived at the appointment around lunchtime on October 30 and it quickly turned into a nightmare when the aesthetic was administered into Avila’s spine.

For eight hours she lay in a room by herself, but Cruz was only told her blood pressure had dropped and they couldn’t perform the operation.

Laura Avila is fighting for life after a nose job went horribly wrong. (GoFundMe)

“I was kind of getting upset and worried because they would not let me see her or anything,” he told WFAA.

“They injected anaesthesia in her spine at the clinic, and instead of flowing down her body, it went into her brain which caused severe swelling,” added sister Angie Avila.

Her sister explained Avila had been lured to Mexico for the procedure because of it was a fraction of the cost compared to getting it done in the US.

A doctor from the Juarez hospital was called see Avila at the clinic and Cruz immediately wanted her moved to the hospital.